David Cameron said that he would ­never ban the religious slaughter of
­animals for food despite facing growing pressure to abandon the practice.

On his first visit to Israel as Prime Minister, he made a staunch defence of
kosher food, days after the new leader of Britain’s vets told The
Times that the religious slaughter of animals should be banned if
Muslims and Jews refuse to adopt more humane methods of killing.

Mr Cameron told Israeli MPs in the Knesset yesterday: “I’ve stood up to
protect Jewish practices. The Jewish community has been an absolute
­exemplar in integrating into British